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The Guardian is a hostile mob first introduced in 1.8. It is hostile and only spawns underwater, in Water Dungeons. Its eyes will always look toward the camera.

This mob was released in the 14w25a snapshot[1].

The Guardian spawns in Water Dungeons. It also has a larger grey variant called the Elder that spawns in certain rooms of the dungeon. When approaching a dungeon, a ghostly image appears of the Elder and the player is given Mining Fatigue III for 5 minutes. To spawn the Elder version, use this command: /summon Guardian ~ ~ ~ {Elder:1b}

The Guardian attacks by sending out a large laser beam which harms the player. In addition, Guardians can target and damage players who are riding in boats; however once the player is out of range, the Guardian's laser will disengage from the player, and deal no damage.

Behavior

Guardians will swim around in water, attacking any players or squids that come into sight. They swim in abrupt charges, moving their tail rapidly when doing so. Unlike squids, Guardians will not die outside of water, instead they will jump and flail around, making wet, squishy noises. They will quickly move towards the nearest water source, at which point they swim away. When swimming, their spikes retract and they don't deal damage when attacked. Guardians are also resistant to lava and fire.

Guardians' eyes will follow and stare at any nearby players, and will always look directly at who they're attacking. This makes them the first mob with dynamic eyes.

Attacking

The Guardian has two methods of attack, firing its laser and a thorn-like attack. The laser takes several seconds to charge, doing no damage in the meantime, and changing from purple to bright yellow. Once charged, the beam abruptly ends and deals damage. The Guardian will swim around for a few seconds before firing again. If the target comes near the Guardian while it is firing its beam, it will stop firing and swim away until it is at a comfortable range, at which point it will continue attacking. The beam cannot be dodged, but can be obstructed by solid blocks. The Elder Guardian, when near, will give you Mining Fatigue III for 5 minutes.

Guardians also have spikes on their bodies. Although these spikes don't do any direct damage upon contact or as a melee attack, they act similar to the Thorns enchantment. The Guardians can extend and retract their spikes. If a player attacks the Guardian when its spikes are extended, the player takes a small amount of damage.

Combat

Guardians are very resistant to melee attacks when under water, as the player will not be able to quickly approach the Guardian due to the water's slowing effect. Guardians will swim away when approached by a player it is targeting, and the Guardian will deal 1 heart of damage every time it is hit when its spikes are extended. If cornered, the Guardian will usually extend its spikes and fire at the player, even at point blank range.

The Guardians are resistant to fire damage, but if somehow are brought to land, they might take some fall damage from their swift movement.

If the player must fight a Guardian with melee, they should try to corner it and hope for the best, or else try to maneuver it into swimming within melee range repeatedly.

The Guardian cannot shoot as fast as a player with a bow can, so a skilled player will be able to shoot the Guardian, and then hide to break the beam's lock, repeating until the Guardian is dead. If the Guardian is in shallow water the player can use a fishing rod to pull it out of the water onto land where the players can then kill it with melee without being shot at or hurt by the spikes.

The Elder Guardian has a very large amount of HP (80) and can also inflict Mining Fatigue III for 5 minutes, making melee attacks even harder. Elder Guardians do more damage than regular Guardians. Diamond equipment enchanted with Respiration and Depth Strider, swords and bows are recommended.

Fighting Guardians is incredibly dangerous without armor. Armour is essential to combating Guardians, especially within the Water Temples. Entering their territory without armor will almost always lead to a swift death, even if armed with a sword or bow and arrow.

History

release
June 3, 2014Jeb announces he is working on a hostile mob that lives underwater, though currently doesn't do much.
June 8, 2014Jeb provides more details into the upcoming mob - it will have a ranged attack and will be hostile to squid as well as the player. He recommended using a full set of diamond armor, potion of water breathing and respiration enchantment on hard mode.
June 9, 2014Jeb posted an image to Reddit that appears to be one of the mob's textures.
1.8
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Chorus Fruit|Chorus Fruit]]<br/>{{about|the fruit that drops from [[chorus tree]]s|the building material|Popped Chorus Fruit|other uses|Chorus}}
{{Item
| title = Chorus Fruit
| image = Chorus Fruit.png
| renewable = Yes
| heals = {{hunger|4}}
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

'''Chorus fruit''' is a [[food]] [[item]] native to [[the End]] that can be eaten, or [[smelting|smelted]] into [[Popped Chorus Fruit|popped chorus fruit]]. It can be eaten even when the hunger bar is full, and eating it may teleport the [[player]] up to 8 blocks in any direction.

== Obtaining ==
{{see also|Tutorials/Chorus fruit farming}}

Chorus fruit can be obtained by breaking [[Chorus Plant (block)|chorus plant blocks]]. Each block of chorus plant has a 50% chance to drop a chorus fruit. This is not affected by [[Fortune]].<ref>{{bug|MC-198924||Chorus Fruit doesn't have a higher chance with Fortune|Invalid}}</ref>

== Usage ==
To eat chorus fruit, press and hold {{control|use}} while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores {{hunger|4}} [[hunger]] and 2.4 hunger [[Hunger#Mechanics|saturation]].

Unlike most foods, chorus fruits can be eaten when the player has a full hunger bar.

The player may also be [[teleportation|teleported]]: up to 16 attempts are made to choose a random destination within ±8 on all three axes in the same manner as [[Enderman#Teleportation|enderman teleportation]], with the exception that the player may teleport into an area only 2 blocks high, or one block tall if the player is crawling. The player does not land in the average centroid of the block, but rather to any position within an 8-block range. The player will be teleported directly down to the ground regardless of the height it was used at if the player is too far from a valid destination.

The chorus fruit, unlike an [[Ender Pearl|ender pearl]], can teleport the player through [[solid block]]s. The algorithm tries to avoid [[fluid]]s; the player cannot teleport into a space occupied by [[water]] or [[lava]]. However, the player can be teleported onto dangerous blocks such as fire, cacti and magma blocks.<ref>{{bug|MC-102836||Enderman and chorus fruit can teleport to some dangerous places}}</ref>

If a teleport succeeds, a sound similar to an enderman teleporting plays originating from the teleportation origin location. Chorus fruit has a cooldown of 1 second before being able to be used again. The cooldown is represented by a white overlay on the chorus fruit in the hotbar. The cooldown is applied to all chorus fruits items, including those in the player's inventory and containers.<ref>{{bug|MC-88236|||WAI}}</ref>

Eating chorus fruit may teleport the player into areas protected by [[bedrock]], [[barrier|barrier blocks]], or other blocks that are otherwise unbreakable in [[Survival]] mode. However, it cannot teleport the player onto [[the Nether]] roof.<ref>{{bug|MC-84198|||Fixed}}</ref>

Chorus fruit is completely non-functional above the nether roof.

[[Fox]]es can also eat chorus fruit and the teleportation effect works the same as with players.

=== Smelting ingredient ===

{{smelting
|Chorus Fruit
|Popped Chorus Fruit
|0.1}}

== Sounds ==
===Generic===
{{Sound table/Entity/Food}}
===Unique===
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table
|rowspan=2
|sound=Teleport1.ogg
|sound2=Teleport2.ogg
|subtitle=Player teleports
|source=player
|description=When a player teleports by eating a chorus fruit
|id=item.chorus_fruit.teleport
|translationkey=subtitles.item.chorus_fruit.teleport
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Fox teleports
|source=Players & Friendly Creatures<wbr><ref group=sound>{{Bug|MC-257516||"Fox teleports" sound plays for both Players and Friendly Creatures sound categories}}</ref>|overridesource=1
|description=When a fox teleports by eating a chorus fruit
|id=entity.fox.teleport
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.fox.teleport
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Teleport1.ogg
|sound2=Teleport2.ogg
|source=hostile
|description=When something teleports by eating a chorus fruit
|id=mob.shulker.teleport
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}

==Data values ==

===ID===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Chorus Fruit
|spritetype=item
|nameid=chorus_fruit
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Chorus Fruit
|spritetype=item
|nameid=chorus_fruit
|id=558
|form=item
|foot=1}}

==Advancements==
{{load advancements|Husbandry;A Balanced Diet}}

==History==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w31a|[[File:Chorus Fruit JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added chorus fruit.}}
{{History|||snap=15w34c|A cooldown for using chorus fruit has now been added.}}
{{History|||snap=15w37a|The chorus fruit's teleportation range has now been reduced from ±32 to ±8.}}
{{History|||snap=15w50a|Added a [[sound]] for chorus fruit: <code>item.chorus_fruit.teleport</code>.}}
{{History||1.10|snap=16w21a|Chorus fruit can now teleport riders off their mounts.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 432.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Chorus Fruit JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of chorus fruit has now been changed.}}
{{History||1.20.2|snap=23w33a|Eating chorus fruit now resets fall distance.<ref>{{bug|MC-112133||Eating chorus fruit does not reset fall distance|Fixed}}</ref>}}

{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|[[File:Chorus Fruit JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added chorus fruit.}}
{{History|||snap=alpha 1.0.0.1|The cooldown of chorus fruit now has an animation.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.7.0|snap=beta 1.7.0.2|The category that chorus fruit are apart of in the [[Creative inventory]] has been changed from "Nature" to "Items".}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Chorus Fruit JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of chorus fruit has now been changed.}}
{{History||1.13.0|snap=beta 1.13.0.15|Chorus fruit has been moved back to the "Nature" section in the Creative inventory.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU46|xbone=CU36|switch=1.0.1|ps=1.38|wiiu=Patch 15|[[File:Chorus Fruit JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added chorus fruit.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Chorus Fruit JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of chorus fruit has now been changed.}}

{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||1.7.10|[[File:Chorus Fruit JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added chorus fruit.}}
{{History|foot}}

==Issues==
{{issue list}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External Links==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--chorus-fruit Taking Inventory: Chorus Fruit] – Minecraft.net on November 5, 2020

{{Items}}

[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]

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14w25aAdded guardians.

Trivia

  • After Giants and Iron Golems, Elder Guardians have the most health points out of any non-boss mob.
  • Elder Guardians spawned with the /summon command start with only 30 HP, the same as a normal Guardian.

Gallery

References

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